Missy Peregrym‘s character Maggie was missing during the first episode of FBI since that shocking onscreen death.
The Monday, March 23, episode acknowledged Maggie’s absence after serial slasher Ray DiStefano (Matthew Rauch) killed her sister, Erin (Adrienne Rose Bengtsson). Peregrym, 43, is expected to return in the March 30 episode of the hit CBS series as Maggie goes back to work after mourning her late sibling.
“When you experience something so traumatic like losing a sister … you feel each other out, you feel when someone is going through something very heavy,” Juliana Aidén Martinez previously teased to TV Insider of Maggie’s return on Wednesday, March 18.
“So, I do think the team is rightfully concerned and also each person’s going to react differently in how they give a person space,” she added.“So yeah, I think the team wants to make sure that Maggie’s good.”
Peregrym, meanwhile, denied plans to leave the show after Maggige’s personal shakeup.
“I’ll be honest. I’m on a procedural show, and I wonder what impact this is possibly making? And sometimes I get freaked out because I think we’re just highlighting some of the horrors of humanity every week,” Peregrym told Deadline. “And what is this? What are we doing this for? What am I investing a lot of my life in to do this for?”
Peregrym was relieved to see how the show would elevate relevant topics on screen.
“I think it’s really important what we’re doing, because we’re highlighting how to move forward. Everybody experiences loss. Everybody goes through the depths of emotions in life,” she explained. “You have an opportunity to show connection, relationship, intimacy and growth. And this is exactly why I do what I do. I hope this makes people feel seen and that they want to keep going after such a horrific experience, and that they don’t give up.”
Peregrym was hopeful about the plans for the show. “To go so far. I was like, ‘What are we doing after this?’ You know, I’ve been playing the same character for eight years, and we’re going so far,” she noted. “What’s the plan? How are we going to move through the next steps of getting back on your feet and being able to be in the world again? We’re not a drama where we sit around in our underwear and chat on the couch. We’ve got to get back to work.”
She concluded, “So at what point are we going to address the reality of this scenario, and we are, we are doing it in the best way that we can with our show, like the way we do it on a procedural. But you know, as much as it scared me, I was terrified to go into that space at the end. I’m finding it really interesting to play my character now and finding these beats of when I can insert this stuff and when to work. And it’s just a challenge. It just feels like we’re doing a new show again. Do you know what I mean? And maybe that’s a gift.”
FBI airs on CBS Mondays at 9 p.m. ET.
